Bilingual Software Engineering Manager (FR/EN) - AutoSync

AutoTrader.ca•Toronto, ON

41d•$125,000 - $175,000

About The Position

We are TRADER, a Canadian leader in digital automotive solutions. Our flagship brands — AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync, Dealertrack Canada and CMS — help Canadians buy, sell, and finance vehicles with confidence. As part of AutoScout24 group, Europe’s largest online car marketplace, we’re shaping the future of automotive retail in Canada and beyond. Learn more at tradercorporation.com. This role will be within the AutoSync team. AutoSync supports over 3,500 dealerships nationwide, delivering cutting-edge software tools to simplify operations, boost marketing, and drive sales. Bilingual Software Engineering Manager (FR/EN) The Opportunity Are you passionate about growing people, scaling engineering teams, and delivering meaningful product impact? At AutoScout24, we're seeking an Engineering Manager who excels at building high-performing, autonomous teams that create solutions our customers genuinely value. You'll lead a cross-functional team of full-stack engineers responsible for our Activix CRM product, and related services, fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Requirements

5+ years of engineering leadership experience, with a track record of growing individuals and building cohesive teams.
Demonstrated success delivering complex software products in collaborative environments. Including team leadership and cross-team project management.
Proven experience integrating AI-driven solutions into daily work — such as code generation, debugging, reviews, documentation, and decision support—to improve efficiency for yourself and your teams.
Possess a proactive approach to exploring and implementing AI tools that drive innovation and streamline development processes.
Strong experience building highly scalable public facing web and cloud based applications.
Strong technical background with expertise in full-stack development, particularly with Typescript, PHP, Node.js, C#, and more.
Experience with cloud infrastructure management (AWS preferred) and modern cloud software architecture patterns
Exceptional communication skills with ability to adapt your approach across technical and non-technical audiences
Experience fostering inclusive team cultures that embrace diverse perspectives and working styles
Data-driven decision-making abilities balanced with empathetic leadership

Responsibilities

Team Leadership: Cultivate a resilient, diverse, and engaged engineering team through thoughtful hiring, personalized mentoring, and clear growth frameworks. Create an environment where psychological safety and technical excellence coexist.
Product Delivery: Drive measurable outcomes through effective execution of the Activix CRM roadmap. Ensure that project goals, scope, product requirements, and specifications are complete, coherent, and aligned with intended business outcomes. Assessing capacity, defining timelines, and acting as a communication focal to track project dependencies and mitigate risks.
Technical Guidance: Provide architectural direction and technical mentorship across our applications. While not coding daily, maintain enough technical depth to effectively assess that technical and architectural solutions appropriately address requirements. Challenging designs when necessary to ensure scalability, quality, and long-term maintainability.
AI Innovator: Bringing AI driven efficiency improvements to the team and helping pave the way to improve in how teams work. Being a leader in this new domain to help your team grow their skills and modernize the SDLC.
Operational Excellence: Champion site reliability engineering practices for the Activix CRM platform. Establish meaningful SLOs, develop proactive monitoring systems, ensure incidents lead to learning opportunities, and maintain data quality across your team's domain.
Strategic Leadership: Connect team initiatives to company objectives. Participate in cross-functional planning, translate business strategy into actionable engineering work, and help your team understand how their contributions advance AutoScout24's mission.